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Diesel back in the picture at Chrysler, start-stop in Q4 2010

Based on the presentation by Paolo Ferrero at the Chrysler business plan meeting in Auburn Hills today, it sure sounds like diesel is back in the picture at Chrysler. Prior to the Daimler-Chrysler divorce, there were lots of plans for diesel installations in U.S.-market Chryslers. That all fell by the wayside during the Cerberus era. Ferraro, the new SVP of powertrain engineering at Chrysler, repeatedly mentioned diesel as one of the paths to reduced fuel consumption, although he didn't give any specific dates on when they might be ... Read more →

Frankfurt 2009: Ford Focus ECOnetic gets down to 99 g/km of CO2 Sam Abuelsamid

Ford has been offering a low CO2 ECOnetic version of the European Focus for over a year now, but a newly-refreshed version is being unveiled in Frankfurt this week. The main upgrade from the ...

Ford adding more hybrids but not until 2012, DI based start-stop coming Sam Abuelsamid

During the Ford 2010 model preview in Dearborn this week, one of the efficiency improvements promised for the near term by Powertrain VP Barb Samardzich was increased hybrid applications. When we ...

Audi offers 3 diesels, auto start-stop in new A5 Sportback Sam Abuelsamid

First, the bad news: Audi has no plans to offer the car pictured above to American consumers. This is the new A5 Sportback, a five door hatchback based on the A5 coupe that debuted last year. If ...

Stop? Pause? A distinction without a difference with Mazda iStop Sam Abuelsamid

If an engine is not being fed any fuel and the crankshaft is not rotating, is it running? Of course not. But would you say it is stopped or paused? Both, it makes no difference. It's simply a ...

Lamborghini adds solar power to factory, vows to cut range CO2 35% by 2015 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

In the grand scheme of things, the facilities and products of Lamborghini don't really amount to a hill of beans. After all, the company only has one main factory that produces a few thousand cars a year. While those cars are high-powered and consume a lot of fuel per mile driven, Lamborghini ...

2010 Porsche Panamera to get standard auto start/stop 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Porsche will publicly show its new Panamera four door for the first time at the Shanghai Motor Show in April and put it on sale in the U.S. in October. When it launches, it will be the first Porsche equipped with automatic start/stop capability. The start/stop system will be standard on both ...

Geneva Preview: Mazda3 with direct inject and auto stop to debut w/VIDEO 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

The 2010 edition of the Mazda3 lineup will get rounded out at the Geneva Motor Show next month with the debut of the new MazdaSpeed3 and its 2.0L direct injected four cylinder with intelligent auto stop. The MazdaSpeed3 is the turbocharged high performance variant of the lineup. However, the ...

Paris Preview: Mazda introducing new, smarter Smart Idle Stop System 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Automatic start-stop systems for engines are becoming increasingly common on vehicles in Europe. However, these systems typically use the conventional starter motor to re-start the engines after a stop. This can result in slow re-starts and additional load on the starter. Mazda has devised a new ...

Bosch CEO talks lithium ion batteries and diesels 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In the wake of a new lithium ion battery joint venture, Bernd Bohr, CEO of Bosch is not concerned that automakers will try to keep battery production in house. In an interview with German magazine Auto Motor und Sport, Bohr was asked about the fact that several automakers including Toyota, ...

2009 Smart ForTwo in Europe gets standard micro-hybrid with gas engine 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Starting this October Smart is making its micro-hybrid-drive system standard equipment on the ForTwo in Europe with the 61hp and 71hp gas engines. The micro-hybrid system is just an automated start-stop system and doesn't include and regenerative braking capability. The system has already been ...


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